There will be times when the struggle seems impossible. Alone, unsure, dwarfed by the scale of the enemy. Freedom is a pure idea. It occurs spontaneously and without instruction. Random acts of insurrection are occurring constantly. There are whole armies, battalions that have no idea that they’ve already enlisted in the cause. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear.

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  • Depends on if existence in this level of 4D is dependent on being at this level. Using your 2D in 3D example (aka Flatland) what if the 2D plane is at sea level pressure, but changing the Z axis there is a different pressure (as we understand, but the shapes would not), to the point where Mr. Square dies if we lift him too far up.

    Now imagine a 4D version, where it’s not air pressure, but something more fundamental about physics changes if we’re moved from our current 4D state. The idea being that space as we understand it is 3D, but perhaps exists as part of higher dimensions along with other universes. But they could be completely different, and movement from ours to theirs by just sliding in 4D would change the “space” we’re in, in a bad way.

    Or we could just wink out of this 3D space, but be in just a different state and be fine, seeing a weird cross section of what we’re used to.





  • But if you built it once, you can do it again. I would think the hole sizes would be the first failure.

    The more I look at it (why am I looking at it), I think the duct tape is the weak point. Not because of the duct tape, but the constant flexing. It needs a brace to support against the water force, the cords aren’t doing anything at that point, unless they’re more rigid than they look.













  • If this was a serious list, Johnson should be on the failure section, having ruined any chance of a Reconstruction effort after the war. A successful effort was probably too big of a thing to last through several Presidents, but he fumbled and lost the ball. We’re still paying for it. That and Reagan with his economic disaster, funny that he’s not even mentioned. Probably too liberal, as was Nixon with his EPA and such.